Posted on 06/17/2016 11:57:45 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
During a private meeting on Wednesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi rejected the “assault weapons” ban being pushed my Democrat colleagues and Fox News’ Gretchen Carlson.
Pelosi said Democrats should focus on fights that are actually winnable, and she does not see an AR-15 ban as one of those fights.
According to Politico, Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) put forward the “assault weapons” ban, and Pelosi shut it down. She said, “It’s not that we’re not strong enough to make the fight. It’s just that we want to win the fight.”
Breitbart News reported that Gretchen Carlson took time on air Tuesday to push for a ban on AR-15s. She said they are not needed “to hunt or kill deer” and suggested they only serve to enable terrorists to carry out their attacks with greater efficiency. She quoted a December 2015 poll showing majority support for an “assault weapons” ban and said, “I’m with the majority today, taking a stand.”
Pelosi is saying such a ban is not going to happen–not now anyway.
But this does not mean Pelosi and the Democrats are done pursuing gun control. On the contrary, she is being pragmatic and seeking controls both winnable and insidious.
Gun controllers, like Sandy Hook Promise’s Mark Barden, agree with this approach. Barden said, “We work hard to try to stay out of the polarizing divisiveness that comes with this debate. We’ve identified the lack of engagement as really the No. 1 issue that is keeping this movement from moving forward. By steering around that, we feel like we can bring more people and more voices.”
On July 17, country music singer Tim McGraw held a gun control fundraiser consisting of a concert, with all proceeds going to Sandy Hook Promise.
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It appears San Fran Nan is not as stupid as she looks or Gretchen Carlson is.
"By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' the 'security' of the nation, and the right of each citizen 'to keep and bear arms,' our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy. Although it is extremely unlikely that the fears of governmental tyranny which gave rise to the Second Amendment will ever be a major danger to our nation, the Amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic civilian-military relationships, in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of his country. For that reason I believe the Second Amendment will always be important."President John F. Kennedy
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"Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. This is not to say that firearms should not be very carefully used and that definite safety rules of precaution should not be taught and enforced. But the right of citizens to bear arms is just one more guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against a tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible."
Vice President and Senator Hubert H. Humphrey
She said they are not needed “to hunt or kill deer”
Because we all know the founding fathers put the 2nd amendment in the bill of rights to protect our right to hunt deer. Reporters must be some of the dumbest people on earth!!!
The fear of the gun owning crowd is real and now some of their core constituents are starting to exercise their 2nd Amendment rights will be alienated by such policies.
I still believe that AR-10s are the way to go. YMMV
She is stupid just not suicidal.
Pelosi know that a large % of the people who have bought firearms to protect their families and themselves are independent voters and those who work for a living.
Their focus groups must be showing that after the Orlando and San Bernardino slaughters by Islamic terrorists, banning any gun purchases is a lost cause for their side.
So Obama will mouth his ban of guns bs, and the rat legislators will nod but not push what he wants.
They know that Obama is a dead duck president re his power/influence. They want to be still employed after he leaves next January.
How many deer jumps are still operational?
You probably have something here. She represents San Francisco. I bet gun sales there the last few days have been astronomical. The fags know Billy Graham and his buddies are never gonna drive into town with murder in their hearts. They know every Muslim is just the opposite and Zero is brining in hundreds every day
I still prefer a handgun in a pinch, but I do like firing the AR-15.
Gretchen Carlson has just shown everyone she is a special kind of stupid...
Broken clock and all that...
Off the charts and guess what they are buying? AR-15’s
Gretchen Carlson just became persona non grata.
No, not all reporters are dumb... It’s just the bleach blonde bimbo ex-miss (insert state here) with the dimple on her chin and a flat forehead who is working for faux news.
Yep, San Fran Nan remembers what happened to the Dems after the last AWB.
WTH? Did somebody slip san fran nan a mickey or something? Totally unlike her. I smell a red herring, Sneaky dems.
Love her or hate her, there’s no doubt Nancy Pelosi has been the most effective Speaker of the House in the last 50 years.
One of the reasons is that she knows when to pick her spots.
Used to think Carlson had at least a pinch of common sense.
Guess she’s just another Rubber Talking Head I can scratch off my list to watch.
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